City Council Preview - 2/23/2014

For its second meeting of February the City Council will consider a range of issues from the Stone Brewing Company, treatment of animals, and the school facility upgrades.

Notable Resolutions:

Res. No. 2015-R4 – a plan proposed to take over $10,000,000 from the proposed Shockoe Infrastructure Improvement project and reallocate them to school maintenance and upgrades.

Res. No. 2014-R264 – a plan proposed by the mayor to refill Richmond Public School’s maintenance and facilities budget if it falls below $2,000,000

Ord. No. 2015-33 – a resolution that would change to the name of the ‘new’ city hall to the “L. Douglas Wilder City Hall”

Ord. No. 2015-33 – a proposal to move the city’s wastewater plant

Ord. No. 2014-254 – to accept the Stone Brewery plan offered by the Richmond Development Authority.

Ord. No. 2014-199 – to amend the animal cruelty law to include the outlaw of certain tools in the treatment of elephants

Res. No. 2015-R8 – If passed this resolution will require all new city buildings to be certified “green”

Ord. No. 2015-28 – to accept $600,000 from the state that will be given to The Black History Museum and Culture Center of Virginia